Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-05

contest OF Vogeie was brought and the
judge instructed Mr.. vogele that hc
could register, and he went down stairs
and ayailed himself.
Q. You had an equal opportupitv
did you not Mr.. Dunsmoor, of deciding
whether the enrolment of the Aesese or1
was legal or otherwise prior to the 9th ,
You knew that the Assessors had NOT
filed their appointments in your Office !
A. Yes, sir.
@. Well, why did you not inform
them then, or Mr.. Bilderrain, their
principal, that their enrolment would
be illegal because their appointments
were not filed in your office?
A. intended to register the names
that were brought in by those partiee,
and so informed Mr.. White. But /
afterwards, from the District Attorney,
received advice that it was not proper
to register them.
Q. What called your attention to
that fact, and what made you seek the
advice Of the District Attorney ut that
time?
A. Because there was a good deal Of
feeling evidenced by Mr.. White. He
claimed that my office was q ministerial
one, and that l had no right to take
judicial action.
Q. knowing, as you did. the law.
thsn, that the Deputy Assessors would
have to file their appointments prior to
being able to take or enroll parties, why
did you not then so inform them before
the 26th, or on the 26th, and give them
chance to re-register the votes?
das,,<
was brought up until about tho 26th.
Q. Was it not a fact, sir, really, that
occasIoned your idea in that matter, or
your determination not to do so, the
fact was that all the Deputy Assessors
were Democrats?
A, No. sir, for I tell you Just a. I
stated before, that at the time Mr.. White
and Mr.. Del Vale were there l fully in
tended to place them upon the Register.
@. Well. then, you INTENDED to put
them upon the Register then, knowing
it was illegal; is that it?
A. No,sir not knowing it WAS illegal,
because Mr.. White advised nae that it
was proper, and having confidence in
Mr.. Whites judgment, he being an at
torney of standing in the community.
Q. When was that confidence fret
shaken?
A. After Mr.. White's-afier consult
ing the District Attorney, after having
this conversation with Mr.. White.
@. When was this conversation with
the District Attorney?
A. Well, about the 26th or 9th;
think it was the 9Th; it may have been
the Goth.
@ But you say You published the no
tice of the extention of time for registra-
ton in the Erpressi
A. Yes sir.
@. And you have said, believe. that
that was paper of Republican princi-
pies, did you mol!
A. did SO.
Q. There was also in this town .
Democratic paper, wasn't there?
A. Yes, sir.
@. OF equal circulation with the E1-
press
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Well, why did you not put the
notice in that paper also?
A. l don't think that put the notice
in but the one paper. l put it in the
Evening Eapress.
Q. Then you knew all the time dur.
ing the period in which these Assessors
we're enrolling men, parties, throughout
the county for the purpose OF registra-
tion, you knew that they had not filed
their appointment in the ofiice-in your
office?
A. 1 didn't know any such thing.
Nearly ell of the appointments of the
Asses, ors had been filed in the office.
Q. am referring now to the ones
whose enrolment you rejected; 1 am re-
ferring to the parties whose enrolment
you rejected.
A. | knew that some of them had
not.
Q. And knowing that fact and know.
ing that their registration or enrolment
would Re illegal, you kept silentg
A. There were many of them that l
did not know were appointed until after
the appointment came in.
@. Well, those that you did know.
iii!
A. Well?
@. You kept silent?
A. l did; 1 did excepting as tell
you with Mr.. White.
Q. Do you know c. L. Northcraft in
his town!
A. do.
Q. Doyou remember having conver.
'ation with him on or about the 5th of
October?
A. l do.
Q. Will you please detail it as far a
you can remember. Mr.. Dunsmoor?
A. Yes, sir. Northcraft came into
-ba 0f4,na Il co;J <boA I.
about going to the northern portion Of
;he county, and he wanted to know if 1
would appoint him as deputy for reg.
purposes. And that was before
The question of supplemental registra-
ton had been taken before the Judge.
Ward consulted him in regard to it.
Q. Fifth of October. it was?
A. Well, yes. And I told Charlie
that ! would just as soon appoint him
as anybody else, and asked him when
be was going, and he said he didn't
know, and I told him it was question
as t. whether the names should be gotten
upon the Great Register, that is the
printed Great Register, but whenever he
got ready to 60 to come in and see me.
And he said that he could not tell when
he would 60, but told him whenever he
did get ready to come in and see me.
@. Did he not tell you at that time
that there was large number of voters
at place called Alpine, who were not
on the Register?
A. No, he did not tell me there was
a large number; he said there were few
up there. There cannot be great many
at Alpine.
Q. Well, there was over twenty.
Was he accompanied by anybody?
A. think Major Bonebraks was with
him.
@. Well, did you not assure him at
that time and tell him the following
words, or words to this effect: That It
would be useless for you to appoint him
as Deputy Clerk to register those parties
because the registration had closed on
the I'd of October, and that although
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